Being a business owner is not an easy job. It is up to you to provide staff salaries every month, find new ones and make sure your old customers get paid, pay bills for phones, the internet, electricity, find funds for investing in equipment…

And you hope that, in the end, something will remain for you. And what if we tell you that there is a great way to save an important amount of money annually? Maybe even enough for the 13th salary.

Interested?

Let's see this. For your company's business, use computers definitely (is it possible today without them) and programs that are not cheap at all? While paying a license for a Windows operating system, then for the MS Office package, Photoshop, and a few other things, the wallet for the work time remains blank.

And in fact, all these costs are likely to be skipped. We present online services that can significantly save the company's money.

Note: If you do not need Windows to perform the activities you are doing, Linux is your best friend. It's a free operating system that comes in several versions, some of which are very similar to Windows. Linux runs on all computers, it is less demanding (it means your computers will work faster) and there is no risk when it comes to viruses.

Google Tools - Replacement for Word and Excel

Programs from the MS Office package, specifically Word and Excel are certainly unavoidable in the business of your company and every part of it. As you already know, these programs can cost a lot, and you pay for each computer in a company separately.

Fortunately, there is a completely free online alternative to these programs. If you open a Gmail account, free Google Docs and Google Sheets are available to you. The first is an online version of Word, and the second is an Excel replacement. (https://docs.google.com)

Yes, they are a little different, but not so much that they can not get acquainted with these services for a day, and they offer the same functionality and more. Namely, for those who do not already use them, these tools offer the ability to access them from any device - mobile phones, tablets or computers - at any time, make changes, additions …

Also, you have the ability to allow access to an unlimited number of colleagues and bypass the procedure of recording and transferring documents from one computer to another and wasting time.

Additionally, your documents are online, which means you do not need to back up because, in the event of a computer failure, documents will still be safely preserved.

In these Google services, you can create invoices, keep records, perform calculations ... as well as in the MS Office package.

Canva - an online program for image processing and graphic design

If you are not really professionals dealing with graphic design or visual art, but using programs like Photoshop and Illustrator to create content for social media and promote your company, Canva is all you need.

The aforementioned Adobe programs require you to bargain with them and probably represent, what the Americans would say, "overkill." Simply, why would you use a tank for hunting a mosquito?

Canva is simple and free to use. You just need to register via Facebook or email address, and that's all. It allows you to create a logo, infographics, process photos for advertisements and publications on social networks ... Literally, everything you need is in one place.

And yes, you've just saved a couple of hundred euros for Photoshop and Illustrator.

WeTransfer - securely send documents

When it comes to sharing large documents, a large number of photos or videos, the usual way is to remove USB memory, copy files, and then send it by mail or take it personally.

All this means wasting valuable time. In addition, you risk that the USB memory will be lost, damaged, it may not be returned to you (although it costs a certain amount of money, this can be a cost-effective cumulative).

That's why WeTransfer is here - the easiest way to send a document or anything else in electronic form. You need to upload documents via the site and the link you send to the person who will download the files to his computer. That is all.

In addition, there is no risk that someone will steal documents because they are deleted and disappear after 7 days.

Wevideo - make your own video clips

Whether it's social networks or a website, video materials today are number one in popularity. Instead of paying an external contributor who will install short video clips for you or use expensive programs like AdobePremierPro or Final Cut, you can do all this online for free.

Wevideo is one of the services that provide you with great options for editing short pics that have a resolution of up to 4K.

Wevideo allows you to start a project on your computer, and continue it on a tablet or phone, and in addition, it includes a large royalty-free video library that you can use for your promotion.